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Advantages: Cheap way to see North Korea, and taste Korean food. Disadvantages: You only see a little bit for a little while.
NorthKorea?s full name is the ?Democratic People's Republic of Korea? and like most places that feel the need to put the word ?democratic? in the title, it is in no way democratic whatsoever. The country?s ruler Kim Jong Il holds totalitarian sway over all 46,959 square miles of the DPRK?s territory and the lives of all 24 million of its inhabitants are at whim. He is not, however, top dog. His post of ?Chairman of the National Defense Commission? is indeed the highest post that can be held by a living person, but his (dead) father technically outranks him with the humble little title of ?Eternal President?.
Unfortunately Kim senior's decision-making ability and hold on bureaucracy has slipped somewhat since his death. An incredibly severe drought in 2001 followed by a harsh winter and mismanaged state food distribution has ...
Advantages: Some humour Disadvantages: Not much happens
As a wife in Northumberland myself, I was keen to read Judith O?Reilly?s book, wife in Northumberland. I had seen the book for sale in Waterstones but thought I would borrow it from my local library. There was a long waiting list (obviously others wanted to read a book with a local connection) After a wait of 3 weeks I was very keen to start reading!
The cover of the book with its cartoon family suggests that this is a humorous book. To confirm this there is a quote from Jenny Colgan saying that she howled with laughter at every page. This sounded like my kind of light read. However this book was not what I had been expecting. There is a lot of humour but it is also a very poignant and moving book.
The book is written in diary form and plots Judith?s reluctant move from London to north Northumberland. The opening entry describes ...
Advantages: Lots of fresh air, fully accessible by disabled visitors Disadvantages: A small admission charge
If you think about the main English seaside resorts then the chances are that they will have a pier. There is something very quintessentially English about seaside piers and in Britain they are largely restricted to England, with a handful in Wales and none at all north of the border in Scotland.
Blackpool in the north west of England is unusual because it boasts three different piers. The North Pier, Central Pier and South Pier. As its name suggests The North Pier has the most northerly location of the three. It is also the oldest pier in the town and at 503 metres long it is also its longest pier.
Eugenius Birch was drafted in to design The North Pier. He had been responsible for the design of Britain's first seaside pier at Margate. This was his second pier project and following its success he would go on to design a further ...
